Occupational
Goal-Setting
What is an occupational goal
you want to pursue?
A career as a physician
What information
do you need to make
a decision?
More information on the daily life of a physician
More information of the process of becoming
a doctor, specifically medical school requirements
and studying abroad and whether different medical
degrees are accepted in different countries
More information from a physician and see
their thoughts on their job and would they
recommend it
What are the alternatives?
Bioethicist (law path)
Psychiatrist
Journalism
My values include pursuing higher education,
caring for people, doing meaningful work, and financial
security. With the different occupations I've chosen, I
generally fit all my values into them.
Re-examine my plan
My weaknesses are that I'm not very smart
and I have poor time management skills
My threats are that all this higher education
is extremely expensive and I have severe
medical conditions that often time prevent me from
going to school
How will you put
your decision in
action?
My decision is physician
I am going to study harder in school, find
more physicians who studied abroad and
find out their take on the job. I am going to
pick more specific courses to my career choice
and start managing my time better.
What are the pros and cons
of each alternative?
Bioethicists from the law path have very
interesting jobs that fascinate me.
However, the path to becoming a bioethicist
(even if you pick law or medicine) is extremely
undefined and therefore difficult to pursue
Psychiatrists have an interesting job that is
extremely in demand right now and is said to
be in the future, and I would be good at it
but modern-day psychiatry practices don't align
with my values
Journalists have jobs that I find really appealing
and cater to most of the things I want in a
job, however, their pay isn't as much as I would
like.
Physicians have rewarding jobs that do something
I'm genuinely interested in. There is a solid path to
becoming a physician and it's also currently in
demand. This job caters to most of the things I want
in a career and it pays well. The only problem is the
time and effort that goes into becoming a physician
but that can't be avoided.